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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. This isolation can hinder their professional development and growth, especially if they do not take the time to reflect on their own teaching methods and practices.

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes low expectations from teachers or counselors about a student's ability to succeed in advanced classes, funding constraints for offering such classes, inadequate support for faculty development, and exclusionary policies like pre-requisites or grade cutoffs. Fair assessment is essential to achieving true education equity.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany. She has worked in both the private and public sectors.

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Beyond Evaluation: Using Peer Observation to Strengthen Teaching Practices

Faculty Focus

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. This isolation can hinder their professional development and growth, especially if they do not take the time to reflect on their own teaching methods and practices.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany. She has worked in both the private and public sectors.

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How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India

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How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India editor Mon, 06/26/2023 - 01:39 A robust and high-quality higher education system plays a vital role in the advancement and prosperity of any nation in today's rapidly changing world. What is a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS)?

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

For instance, in the French course, student mind maps were more streamlined at the end of the semester with fewer cultural clichés and more references to touchstones of Francophone daily life including the educational system and eating habits. Maynard is the director of the Teaching and Scholarship Hub at the University of Richmond.